rola

Galician

Verb

rola

1. inflection of rolar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɔːla/
• Rhymes: -ɔːla

Noun

rola f (genitive singular rolu, nominative plural rolur)

1. (derogatory) wimp, wuss, pansy
2. (derogatory) slowcoach, slowpoke

Declension

Kabuverdianu

Etymology

From Portuguese rolar.

Verb

rola

1. to roll

Old Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *orlьja. First attested in the 14th century.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (10^th–15^th CE) /rɔlʲaː/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /rɔlʲɒ/

Noun

rola f (related adjective rolny)

1. arable field, farmland
   • 1967 [1415], Henryk Kowalewicz, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz, editors, Wielkopolskie roty sądowe XIV-XV wieku, Roty kościańskie, volume III, number 540:

     Jako tho swatczø, yz tha rola, czszo yø Pyotrasz przeoral..., yest yego prawa rola

     [Jako to świadczą, iż ta rola, cso ją Piotrasz przeorał..., jest jego prawa rola]

   • c. 1500, Wokabularz lubiński, inkunabuł Archiwum Archidiecezjalnego w Gnieźnie, sygn. Inc. 78d., page 6r:

     Ager […] eyn acker et dicitur ab ago agis rola

     [Ager […] eyn acker et dicitur ab ago agis rola]

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

• Polish: rola
• Silesian: rolŏ

References

• Boryś, Wiesław (2005) “rola I”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie, →ISBN
• Mańczak, Witold (2017) “rola I”, in Polski słownik etymologiczny (in Polish), Kraków: Polska Akademia Umiejętności, →ISBN
• Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000) “rola 1”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish)
• B. Sieradzka-Baziur, editor (2011–2015), “rola”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN
• Ewa Deptuchowa, Mariusz Frodyma, Katarzyna Jasińska, Magdalena Klapper, Dorota Kołodziej, Mariusz Leńczuk, Ludwika Szelachowska-Winiarzowa, Zofia Wanicowa, editors (2023), “rola”, in Rozariusze z polskimi glosami. Internetowa baza danych [Dictionaries of Polish glosses, an Internet database] (in Polish), Kraków: Pracownia Języka Staropolskiego Instytut Języka Polskiego Polskiej Akademii Nauk

Polish

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Etymology 1

Borrowed from German Rolle, from French rôle. First attested in the 18th century.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɔ.la/
• (Middle Polish) IPA^(key): /ˈrɔ.lɒ/

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɔla
• Syllabification: ro‧la

Noun

rola f

1. role (function, position or expected behaviour of something)

   Synonym: funkcja

2. role; part (in a play, movie or other theatrical medium)

   Synonyms: kreacja, wcielenie

3. role; part (text spoken by an actor)

Derived terms

Trivia

According to Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej (1990), rola is one of the most used words in Polish, appearing 55 times in scientific texts, 21 times in news, 63 times in essays, 19 times in fiction, and 4 times in plays, each out of a corpus of 100,000 words, totaling 162 times, making it the 357th most common word in a corpus of 500,000 words.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from German Rolle, from Latin rotulus. First attested in the 19th century.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɔ.la/

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɔla
• Syllabification: ro‧la

Noun

rola f

1. scroll (roll of paper or parchment)

   Synonym: rolka

Etymology 3

Inherited from Old Polish rola.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɔ.la/
• (Middle Polish) IPA^(key): /ˈrɔ.la/

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɔla
• Syllabification: ro‧la

Noun

rola f

1. arable land, ploughland; farmland

   Synonyms: areał, grunt, użytki

   Mariusz żył z uprawy roli. ― Mariusz made his living from farming.

Declension

Derived terms

Related terms

References

Further reading

• rola in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• rola in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “rola”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
• “ROLA”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century], 16.06.2020
• Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “rola”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861‎

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Onomatopoeic, in allusion to the bird's sound.

Alternative forms

• rôla (obsolete)

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ro‧la

Noun

rola f (plural rolas)

1. a dove of the genus Streptopelia

   um ninho de rolas ― a doves' nest

2. Eutinobothrus brasiliensis, a beetle inhabiting most of the Brazilian territory

   Synonym: broca-do-algodoeiro

3. (Brazil, vulgar, colloquial) penis

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:pénis

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ro‧la

Verb

rola

1. inflection of rolar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Sotho

Verb

rola

1. to forge metal
2. to hammer
3. to undress

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrola/
• Rhymes: -ola
• Syllabification: ro‧la

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

rola f (plural rolas)

1. (Mexico) a song

Derived terms

Further reading

• “rolo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
• “rola” in Diccionario de americanismos, Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española, 2010.

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

rola

1. inflection of rolar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative